SSUSH1-2 Unit 1

What product was instrumental in bringing about economic stability in the early years of the Virginia colony?

• Cotton

• Gold

• Wheat

• Tobacco

Which two choices indicate the religious groups that settled in the New England Colonies?

• Methodists

• Mormons

• Pilgrims

• Puritans

• Quakers

Sea voyage of a month or more, between Africa and the Americas, approximately 12 million people made the journey, a death rate of approximately 25% during the journey. These are all describing:

• Triangular Trade.

• the Middle Passage.

• Mercantilist theory.

• the Columbian Exchange.

Which colonial region had the distinction of being the MOST culturally diverse?

• the Southern colonies

• the New England colonies

• the Mid-Western colonies

• the Mid-Atlantic colonies

What was a direct consequence of the British policy of salutary neglect in the American colonies?

• It increased loyalty to the British crown.

• It caused a growth of colonial legislatures.

• It caused a decline in colonial manufacturing.

• It caused a rise in religious intolerance.

Colonial representative bodies such as the House of Burgesses developed as a result of the British policy known as

• social contract.

• salutary neglect.

• charter colonies.

• indirect democracy.

Which would be considered a significant social effect of the First Great Awakening?

• The number of Protestant religious denominations in the colonies declined.

• The colonies experienced an increase in the number of Catholic immigrants.

• The colonists began to challenge the authority of existing religious institutions.

• The number of women assuming a leadership role in religious institutions increased.

The "Middle Passage" referred to

• A trade route between Europe and Asia.

• The journey of settlers to the American colonies.

• The transatlantic journey of enslaved Africans to the Americas.

• A diplomatic agreement between colonial powers.

The Middle Passage refers to...

• the creation of the Panama Canal in Central America.

• the transportation of slaves from Africa to the New World.

• Lewis and Clark's expedition into the Louisiana Territory.

• the best route over the Rocky Mountains to get to California.

Which choices accurately depict the food products that were contributed to the Americas from its African population?

• okra

• yams

• corn

• pumpkin

• rice production